surfcontrol can do that $$$. there are others. i'm not aware of any
that are free though.

for a cheap solution you can manipulate your network settings: firewall,
proxy, dns, host file. all these can be munged in various ways that will
defeat a novice user ( & only a novice user ).

On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 15:54, Bowie Bailey wrote:
> From: Cigan Segun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 
> > I am very new to SpamAssasin.  Please can you tell me if
> > Spamassasin can be used to filter web based mails like yahoomail,
> > hotmail, mail , etc.?
> > 
> > I want to be able to filter only the web based mails that is sent
> > out of my network to the Internet, especially against spams and
> > scams.  Please if you know, kindly help me out. I am under pressure
> > here in my office to provide solution to the problems of spams
> > thats is sent through the web based mails from my office to the
> > Internet.
> 
> Based on your description, I'm not quite sure what you are trying to
> accomplish.  Where is the mail coming from and how is it being read?
> 
> SpamAssassin is usually installed on a mail server to filter the mail
> passing through the server.  It can also be used with a pop3 proxy to
> filter mail being downloaded to a mail client such as Outlook
> Express.  If you are reading your mail directly from yahoo, hotmail,
> etc, then the mail never passes through a point where it could be
> filtered.
> 
> Give us a better description of your situation and we can give a more
> definite answer.
> 
> Bowie

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